I have Enda Duffy's The Subaltern Ulysses from UCC Library. I intend to look for possible arguments or thesis ideas in his works, and perhaps I can see if there is a connection here between Wollaeger's mention of Spivak's subaltern argument.

So yes, I’m very critical of people who come forward to help without any idea of what it requires to be able to understand. At the bottom, the first right is the right to refuse. This is something I say to my students in the villages. I say, “I’m your enemy. I’m good and my parents were good but two generations do not undo thousands of years.”